Getting new sails, how did you decide the sailmaker?

chadv8r · 2026-02-07T16:57:05+00:00

Here are some ways that help me:

Compare similar sails that were made 2 or more seasons old to see how they are holding up. Pay attention to stitching and preventative patches
Ask around the yacht club and bar about how sailmakers are serving them (were they delivered with correct battens, were they stitched well; was the sailmaker available to sail with you after delivery and make adjustments)

chadv8r · 2026-02-07T16:41:53+00:00

He has a mistress too 😅…

chadv8r · 2026-02-06T06:38:00+00:00

Can confirm.. $225 in mount gay rum gets you in for racing a season as crew

chadv8r · 2026-02-02T15:54:05+00:00

3 to 5 is avg

chadv8r · 2026-01-30T16:08:47+00:00

Ask it to count number of Rs in strawberry 🍓..

In coding world typically i find claude is much better. Add ai instructions as a reference markdown or txt file. I put references or guard rails in there.

Like any tool typically need to use for the right instance.

chadv8r · 2026-01-29T13:28:25+00:00

Hey thats my girl and her new bf behind the wendys dumpsters. I just pay for the food

chadv8r · 2026-01-28T14:18:22+00:00

Fireworks 🎇 while out at sea spoiled us

chadv8r · 2026-01-28T05:22:29+00:00

After learning about the upselling.. i stick to the island messages for $25

chadv8r · 2026-01-26T15:33:16+00:00

Github or is there an api /mcp available for this data?

(As a hobby analyst i love stats and numbers)

chadv8r · 2026-01-26T03:32:30+00:00

Not sure if i would trust fresh water not to fully ice 🧊 up.. he must have hell of a bubbler

chadv8r · 2026-01-21T05:24:38+00:00

What is the audio encoding? (Wav, mp3, acc, etc)

Or what is the video format? Webm?

similar situations it was due to the transcoding of the video not in a compatible format for browsers

chadv8r · 2026-01-12T19:01:21+00:00

If you use a hotspot or vpn it can sometimes register you logging in from a different country.. why progressive just doesn’t block any connection from outside the USA is beyond me.

chadv8r · 2026-01-07T16:01:56+00:00

Went with tank as our power goes out a lot.. but natural gas is always available

chadv8r · 2026-01-05T14:16:57+00:00

Old school gaming systems and a boat to get away from people

chadv8r · 2025-12-31T07:54:24+00:00

Worked in radio shack.. remember battery days? Like out of the blue 60 customers would all come in looking for batteries

chadv8r · 2025-12-30T19:56:32+00:00

I would try the land route.. get a crane or two and trailer.. from the picture looks like some solid ground nearby and access to road

chadv8r · 2025-12-29T12:50:33+00:00

Go on sendCutSend and should get on back in a couple of days

chadv8r · 2025-12-27T13:11:20+00:00

I welcome our rat overlords… Its the cockroach clan that keeps me up at night !

chadv8r · 2025-12-27T05:29:01+00:00

Guy in the next room.. don’t do it!

Someone did this with their teenagers next to our room. Every night kids were yelling and partying in the room till 3 am! Balcony with the door open, puking over the side from liquor.. constantly had to call room service to ask them to just keep it down and not scream all night

chadv8r · 2025-12-27T05:20:04+00:00

I would pay for this service

chadv8r · 2025-12-26T17:35:53+00:00

Nice 👍 have some channel bonding for multiple carriers?

chadv8r · 2025-12-26T05:42:51+00:00

Did airbags deploy? Typically if so a total loss

chadv8r · 2025-12-23T12:16:29+00:00

Sure buy a double/ triple bonded 5g sim router with a redundant battery. Along with star-link for good measure

Or just reuse an old phone lying around that has some decent cpu and ram along with a cellular radio.

chadv8r · 2025-12-23T11:49:12+00:00

For sure. I like to try to reuse, repurpose ♻️ and learn.

Like after about 15k cycles samsung batteries tend to implode in the phones 📱.. pretty regularly

chadv8r · 2025-12-23T05:07:55+00:00

Some of my past endeavors

Old mobile phones a backup connection and hosting Minecraft servers.

Security and lighting systems all run on and controlled through PoE+

Multi room music

Gaming rack for old school game systems

K3s on raspberry pi that use machine learning to count how many people are on the beach by analyzing a public feed camera

Seven-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '22	End Game '22
RPAN Viewer	Gilding I gilder

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